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Artsdata

by artsdata.ca · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by ca.artsdata

Search Artsdata for authoritative data on Canadian events, artists, organizations, and places.

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5 tools: 1 change things and 4 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http artsdata https://mcp.artsdata.ca/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

5 tools

Changes things 1Claude Code: ask
  • sparql_queryRuns a read-only SPARQL 1.1 SELECT or ASK query against the Artsdata Knowledge Graph (https://query.artsdata.ca/query) and returns the result as SPARQL 1.1 Query Results JSON, exac…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "sparql_query" says "query": a word for reading.
    • The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Runs a read-only SPARQL 1.1 SELECT or ASK query against the Artsdata Knowledge Graph (https://query.artsdata.ca/query) and returns the result as SPARQL 1.1 Query Results JSON, exactly as the endpoint returns it: head.vars and results.bindings for SELECT, boolean for ASK. Call get_schema first and build the query from the classes, properties, prefixes and conventions it returns, since Artsdata's model is not general knowledge. Declare every PREFIX you use and always add a LIMIT: at most 1000 rows are returned (the rest is cut and truncated is true; page with OFFSET), and a query gets 25 seconds. If the endpoint rejects the query, its error message is returned so you can fix the query and retry. For the details of an entity URI in the results use get_entity; to find an entity's URI from its name use search_entities.
Only reads 4Claude Code: allow
  • get_entityTool to get entities details from Artsdata Knowledge Graph by entity URI.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_entity" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Tool to get entities details from Artsdata Knowledge Graph by entity URI.
  • get_schemaReturns the data model of the Artsdata Knowledge Graph: its entity classes (Event, Place, Organization, Person, LivePerformanceWork...), the properties of each with required/option…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_schema" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Returns the data model of the Artsdata Knowledge Graph: its entity classes (Event, Place, Organization, Person, LivePerformanceWork...), the properties of each with required/optional, cardinality, value types, linked classes and allowed values, the controlled vocabularies, the SPARQL prefixes, and conventions for querying. Derived from the Artsdata Ontology and the Artsdata CORE graph SHACL shapes. Call this before writing a SPARQL query to run with sparql_query against https://query.artsdata.ca/query, since Artsdata's model is not general knowledge. Takes no input.
  • search_entitiesTool to search for entities in the Artsdata knowledge graph by name, with optional filters on entity type and on the controlled vocabulary (skos:ConceptScheme) a concept belongs to…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_entities" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Tool to search for entities in the Artsdata knowledge graph by name, with optional filters on entity type and on the controlled vocabulary (skos:ConceptScheme) a concept belongs to.
  • search_eventsTool to search for events in the Artsdata knowledge graph by place, artist, organization, has_event_type_concept and language.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_events" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Tool to search for events in the Artsdata knowledge graph by place, artist, organization, has_event_type_concept and language. Places, artists and organizations are Artsdata entity URIs; the has_event_type_concept filter takes concept URIs from the Artsdata Event Types vocabulary (adr:ArtsdataEventTypes), not schema.org classes. Resolve any name or label to its URI with search_entities first. Places must be venues; for events in a city or region, use sparql_query (see the places parameter).

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http artsdata https://mcp.artsdata.ca/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__artsdata__search_entities",
      "mcp__artsdata__get_entity",
      "mcp__artsdata__search_events",
      "mcp__artsdata__get_schema"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__artsdata__sparql_query"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as artsdata. Review it before you use it.